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Zurich Australia adds chief information officer

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 23 NOV 2022
The financial services giant will welcome a chief information officer in January, relocating from Hong Kong. Deepak Budhiraja is currently chief information and technology officer at Sun Life Financial. He will commence in the new role with Zurich on ...

Link Group offloads PEXA stake

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  MONDAY, 21 NOV 2022
Link Group has sold 10% of its existing 42.77% shareholding in PEXA Group for $101.9 million, with the net proceeds to be used to pay down debt. The PEXA selldown was executed at $13.50 per share; settlement is expected to occur on November 23. The ...

Super funds told to report asset valuations more frequently

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 18 NOV 2022
APRA has released updated guidance on investment governance for superannuation trustees. The update, which comes into effect in January of next year, is designed to assist trustees in meeting their requirements under the recently strengthened Prudential ...

Former van Eyk Research chief sentenced

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
Mark Thomas, the former chief executive of failed research house van Eyk, was sentenced this week after pleading guilty to breaching directors' duties earlier this year. Thomas has been sentenced to 15 months, to be served by way of an intensive correction ...

Durack returns to Schroders

CHLOE WALKER  |  WEDNESDAY, 16 NOV 2022
The global investment firm announced several senior leadership appointments in its Asia Pacific business, including the return of Chris Durack in a key role. After a 17-year tenure, Schroders Asia Pacific chief executive Susan Soh will retire from the ...

UniSuper appoints Peter Warne

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  TUESDAY, 15 NOV 2022
UniSuper has appointed Peter Warne as chair of its investment committee, also joining the fund's board as an independent non-executive director from January 2023. Warne recently retired as Macquarie Group chair after six years in the role, and 15 ...

Former DASS clients flood AFCA with complaints

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
The Australian Financial Complaints Authority has received more than 1600 complaints from former clients of Dixon Advisory and Superannuation Services, warning complainants to expect delays in dealing with their case. On August 3, ASIC publicly urged ...

Proebstl to leave legalsuper

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  TUESDAY, 8 NOV 2022
Andrew Proebstl has announced he will leave the fund this month, capping just shy of two decades in the role. Proebstl will retire from the fund on November 23, with the fund employing a global executive search team to find his replacement. He took ...

Pendal reports underlying profit up 17%

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  FRIDAY, 4 NOV 2022
Pendal Group's underlying profit after tax grew 17% to $194.2 million in the 2022 financial year. Statutory net profit after tax was down 32% to $112.8 million, impacted by mark-to-market movements on seed investments. Underlying earnings per share ...

Financial adviser registration delayed

ANDREW MCKEAN  |  THURSDAY, 3 NOV 2022
The government has said it will delay the financial adviser registration requirement until 1 July 2023. The Financial Sector Reform (Hayne Royal Commission response - Better Advice) Act 2021 introduced a central registration requirement for financial ...